CHARITY DONATIONS.

'Next
to the National Lottery, Freemasonry is the largest
donator to Charity, all of which is freely given by
its 300,00 Brethren'

FOUNDATION CHARITY

2011 is the sixth year Foundation Lodge has held their Charity Donation Evening.
In 2006 the Lodge presented £2,900 to eight charities; in 2007 we gave the
Ghurkhas £1,500 and a further £4,900 to six charities. In 2008 we gave £6,720 to
eleven Charities. In 2009 we gave £7,200 to 12 charities. In 2010 we gave
10 charities a total of £5,650. In 2011 we donated £3,000.00 to 10 charities and
good causes. In all the brethren of Foundation Lodge have given over £29,700 to
57
charities and good causes in six years.

2011

FOUNDATION LODGE DONATES

£3,000.00 TO TEN CHARITIES

Representatives of ten charities attended Foundation Lodge’s annual Charity
Donation Evening at The Masonic Hall, in Portland Street, on 30th
November 2011 to receive contributions totalling £3,000.00 from the brethren of
Foundation Lodge No 82.

2010

FOUNDATION LODGE DONATES

£5,650.00 TO TEN CHARITIES

Representatives of ten charities attended Foundation Lodge’s annual Charity
Donation Evening at The Masonic Hall, in Portland Street, on Tuesday 30th
November 2010 to receive contributions totalling £5,650.00 from the brethren of
Foundation Lodge No 82.

2009

FOUNDATION LODGE DONATES

£7,300.00 TO TWELVE CHARITIES

Representatives of 12 charities attended Foundation Lodge’s annual Charity
Donation Evening at The Masonic Hall, in Portland Street, on 6th
November 2009 to receive contributions totalling £7,200.00 from the brethren of
Foundation Lodge No 82. The donations were to support a mix of charities and
good causes with national and international reach.

2008

FOUNDATION LODGE GIVES

£6,720.00 TO ELEVEN
CHARITIES

At the end of November 2008 representatives of eleven charities, and the
Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire, Right Worshipful Brother Adrian
Davies JP, attended Foundation Lodge’s annual Charity Donation Evening at The
Masonic Hall, in Portland Street, on Tuesday 18th November 2008 to
receive charity donations totalling £6,720.00 from the brethren of Foundation
Lodge No 82.

Brethren proposed the charities to which donations would be made. Donations to
five organisations were from a fund left to the lodge by Worshipful Brother
Walker, and money donated monthly, by the brethren for charity, was used for
donations to the remaining charities.

Street, on
Thursday December 6th 2007 toreceive
contributions totalling £4,300.00 from the brethren of Foundation Lodge No 82.

FOUNDATION LODGE
PRESENTS

CHEQUE TO THE
GHURKHA TRUST

To commemorate the memory of W Bro Charles Walker, who fought during the last
war in Burma, and left a
legacy for Cheltenham’s Foundation Lodge No 82 to distribute to charity, theWorshipful Master W. Bro David
Griffiths and W. Bro Ray Pearson PPrSGD presented a cheque for £1,500.00 to Lt.
Tikaparsad Rai and LtPradip
Limbar both of the 94 Stores Squadron Queens Own Ghurkha Logistics Regiment as
representatives of
The Ghurkha Welfare Trust.

The presentation took place at the Ghurkhas barracks at
Hullavington, near Chippenham and was the result of a proposal, in lodge, by W Bro Desmond Taylor. W
Bro. Charles Walker, who held the rank of Major, was also the commandant of a
camp for Japanese prisoner of war. He also left legacies to other lodges. Foundation’s legacy has been
invested and the interest will be donated annually to charities and other deserving causes.

2006

FOUNDATION LODGE PRESENTS CHEQUES

TOTALLING £2,900.00 TO 8 CHARITIES.

In 2006 the lodge presented donations to the Cat Protection league; SPECAL; The
Gloucestershire Oncology Trust, The Spring Centre; National Star Centre;
M. S Society; The Glos Bracotherapy Trust, The children’s feeding station at St
Andrews Church Kenya.